Performing on
Saturday 3 May, 1.30pm
at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

Listen...

	Spiders
	T1
	Tinbox

Band line-up...
Dave Smith drums
Mark Hanslip tenor saxophone
Robin Finker saxophones and clarinet
Johnny Brierley double bass

HSBC Cheltenham Jazz Festival
29 April - 5 May 2008

Dave Smith’s Outhouse Ruhabi

Dave Smith returns to Cheltenham with an exciting new ensemble that mixes the sounds of contemporary jazz with the tribal West African groove of the Sabar drum. Ruhabi is the result of a new collaboration between the diverse musical personalities of Outhouse, members of London's LOOP collective, and five traditional Gambian Wolof drummers. Expect raw, hypnotic grooves and free-flowing improvisation.

Outhouse Ruhabi feature on the BBC Africa on your street site, 'a unique Anglo-Gambian project where British Jazz improvisation meets the Wolof groove of the Sabar drum'.

Press reviews and comments

'It won’t be long before the four-piece Outhouse become the name on everyone’s lips.'
Jazzwise

What makes Dave Smith part of our Jerwood Jazz Generation?

'I chose Dave Smith as I really love his forceful drumming with both the Outhouse Quartet and with Arnie Somogyi's Ambulance. Here as a result of a field trip to The Gambia he presents his Outhouse Ruhabi.'
Tony Dudley-Evans

Where have you seen him before?

Dave performed in the Jerwood Series with Arnie Somogyi's Ambulance in 2007.

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